Community projects, initiatives and volunteering in Kyiv region at Razom UA
Weekly review of the most important events in the Kyiv region: energy resilience of communities, regional economic growth despite the war, deoccupation memory in Bucha — and grim news from Donetsk region.
Extraordinary session is more than formality. Bilohorodska village council approved decisions that directly impact support for the armed forces, school operations, and community preparedness for the upcoming winter. Without unnecessary talk—down to business.
Irpin Clinic Holds Informal Meetings with Doctors for Parents and Pregnant Women. The format is a conversation over coffee rather than a formal consultation: no patient records or quotas.
Rescuers inspected temples in Irpin community ahead of Easter — checking not only for fire extinguishers, but also for evacuation readiness during air raids. Two risks in one facility.
# New "Hotline" by Oleksandr Paschynsky in Battered Irpin Registers Requests: Emergency Trees, Bus Stops, Tariffs — Utilities Recovery Still Incomplete A new "hotline" launched by Oleksandr Paschynsky in the war-affected city of Irpin is logging citizen complaints: fallen trees, damaged bus stops, utility rate issues — basic infrastructure restoration remains unfinished. However, there remains a significant gap between "promptly forwarding requests to utilities" and actual results, which the hotline has yet to bridge.
Residents of Shchaslyva Street and Pivernyi Lane have been suffering from flooding after every rainfall for years. The existing storm sewer system is physically not designed for modern volumes of precipitation — the city has finally officially acknowledged this and is launching the design of a new system.
A volunteer movement born in the ruins of Irpin has grown into a network of tens of thousands of volunteers across seven regions. However, the scale of reconstruction remains far short of the scale of destruction.
# Major apartment building renovation in Irpin is not just wall repair. It is a test of whether Ukraine can rebuild better than before the war.
A summer resident of Vorzel was unable to find her way home. Police officers identified the woman and took her to her relatives.
Medicines collected by volunteers in France, camouflage nets from displaced women, and sweets for military medics — the "Foundation of Good Deeds" demonstrates what volunteer logistics looks like in the conditions of full-scale war.
In a city where hundreds of animals died from hunger and thirst during the occupation, volunteers from "VARTI" continue to rescue those waiting for help. Rudi is one of them.
Reconstruction of the burial sector at Irpin cemetery has resumed after a winter pause—with weather justifications and a contractor from Bakhmut for 42.72 million hryvnias. Families of the deceased have been involved in consultations, but the mechanism of their influence on the quality of work remains unclear.
# Military settlement homes destroyed on first day of full-scale invasion. Since then, residents have endured a fruitless French memorandum, housing certificates for some residents, and finally—an actual construction pit.
While official reports record progress — field coverage, new foundations, reinforced columns — behind the scenes there is a broken contract, costs that have tripled, and no official completion date.
Volunteers will replace knitted installations in Central Park that were destroyed over time after surviving the occupation. A charity event at the end of April will combine art with real fundraising for tactical medicine.
Municipal workers are inspecting play areas following residents' complaints. Over three years of reconstruction, Irpin has patched up thousands of buildings, but children's infrastructure is still catching up.
The city's compensation program is expanding — a total of 7.9 million hryvnias for those whose homes were damaged during the occupation. However, the waiting list still exceeds the budget.
Residents of the Stoyanka neighborhood in Irpin submitted the project themselves, canvassed their neighbors — and won the participatory budget competition. The result: a new children's playground financed jointly by the city council, private donors and the local residents.
Memorial plaques to Zhanna Kameneva and Mykhailo Kamenev were unveiled on the façade of a Bucha apartment building — honoring a volunteer who was shot from a BTR during an evacuation in March 2022, and a soldier who went east twice and was killed in Donetsk. They were connected not only by the same entrance, but by a choice no one forced them to make.
On March 30 an aerial ladder fire truck arrived in the Bilohorodska community from the partner city of Korneuburg (Austria). The handover of the vehicle was carried out with the participation of a female member of the National Council of Austria and the Ambassador of Austria to Ukraine.
A robbery at a supermarket and a murder in a suburb — both crimes were solved thanks to camera footage. But behind these cases lies a broader question: is there sufficient video infrastructure to change the very logic of crime in the region?
In the city that has become a symbol of war crimes, a Center for Comprehensive Development and Support for Children with Disabilities has opened. It was built over nearly two years — even as new shelling was being recorded just a few blocks away.
This Saturday, employees of the departments of the Bilohorodska Village Council took part in communal clean-up efforts in various villages across the community — cleaning, tidying up, and putting things in order.
When people leave their homes, it's not loud declarations but systematic work on the ground that matters. The Irpin community, together with the UN and charitable organizations, distributed more than 600 kits of essential supplies — we explain who is behind the logistics and why this matters for the region's stability.
A fire in an apartment in Bucha district claimed one life. We examine the facts, the causes and what this means for home safety — briefly and without panic.
The "Transparency and Accountability" working group identified slow progress on works and failure to meet obligations. The issues concern the return of advance payments, referrals to law enforcement agencies, and accelerating work at sites important to residents.
A modern operating room and the first day of complex procedures: the region invested 4,700,000 hryvnias in renovating the premises to shorten time to treatment and improve patients’ chances. We examine why this matters here and now.
Have a housing voucher? The next step is reserving the funds. We explain why this is decisive, how much time you have to sign the contract, and how to quickly make the reservation through Diia, a CNAP, or a notary.
Pedestrian access linking the SMU neighborhood to the city has been closed for nearly a year. Ukrzaliznytsia says it has all the materials and plans to complete the work by the end of May — the remaining questions concern the schedule and the transparency of its execution.
Serhiy Prytula’s charitable foundation donated a 440 kW generator to a hospital — we explain why this is important for patients, medical staff and the community during prolonged power outages.